Hey, any of y'all oldheads remember this album or this group?





When I ws doin' my list on the 60's thread, I thought of this group, though the album didn't technically drop until 1970...

Their song, Found a Child gets sampled quite a bit, and has been heard in TV commercials...it was first sampled in "Bust A Move" by Young MC, back in '89...

From the Official website:

http://www.dancingmonica....injack.htm:

"...Luther Rabb and Ronnie Hammon originally formed Ballin'jack in their hometown of Seattle, Washington in 1969. Getting encouragement and inspiration from the sudden success of their childhood friend Jimi Hendrix (Luther played sax with Jimi in his first band, the Velvetones). they added Glenn Thomas on guitar and a compliment of horns including long time musicians like Jim Coile and Tim McFarland. They moved to Los Angeles, California. BALLINJACK'S reputation was that live their shows were so good that fans were known to have left afterwards, and that some headliners had actually refused to have them again as an opening act. ( 1970 Billboard Magazine ) This didn't seem bother Jimi all too much...as he aksed his old school mates to come along with him on his 1970 "Cry Of Love" tour. During 1969-74 Ballin'jack headlined up and down the West Coast and went on nationwide US tours warming up for many legendary bands at famous venues like the Fillmore East and West and was on the bill of several large "Pop Festivals" of the era. They went as far as Japan with great reception.

Ballin'jack's studio recordings hold true as archives of some very cool and spiritually diverse music. Their songs have broad appeal, containing purely original beats, rich soulful melodies and plenty of good old-fashioned "Wah-Wah" guitar. In the years to come, many of their funky, yet organic sounds were re-discovered by live DJ's (who still spin LP records). In 1989, Young MC won a Grammy award for the hit single "Bust A Move" using a looped lick taken from the their song "Found A Child". Sampled by many since, the Hip-Hop movement found that the grooves Ballinjack had originally laid down over 30 years ago… were in fact, original. Ballin'jack had released three studio and one live album before disbanding in 1974. Luther & Ronnie worked on solo projects (Luther also joined Santana in the mid-seventies) and other music ventures as a bass and drum team and both had a long running gig as members of WAR, The Music Band..."






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paligap said:

Yeah that's how I heard of them.

Nah, player. I'm not up on this one. You still have the album? When I send u some more of my material, burn this one for me. Cool?

I have never heard of these guys.

Yeah the self-titled 1970 debut is the ONE. It's in the bottom corner of the promo.



The cover was text like that.

any of their stuff still in print?

unfortunately, no...


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Nice dig paligap

A cover band I was in used to do Super Highway by these cats. Sharp band for their day.

BALLINJACK'S reputation was that live their shows were so good that fans were known to have left afterwards, and that some headliners had actually refused to have them again as an opening act. ( 1970 Billboard Magazine ) This didn't seem bother Jimi all too much...as he aksed his old school mates to come along with him on his 1970 "Cry Of Love" tour.

It's interesting how the "good cats" are never intimidated by talent but will nuture it instead.



Their picture reminded me of a similar looking band inter-racial band from that era...



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